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...morning, 10 months after he had been elected president of Brazil by the largest plurality in that country's history, Janio Quadros resigned. "Quadros preferred to resign rather than see a gradual take-over by forces of the extreme left," John N. Plank, instructor in Government, said last night...
...representation on the present School Committee. With three of the six members, plus chairman Mayor Edward A. Crane '35, the CCA has met little difficulty in implementing its policies. In the new school construction program, as well as in several other reform measures, the organization has a strong campaign plank. The irony of the present situation is that of the three incumbents, only one, Gustave M. Solomons, is standing for re-election. After its major success in the last election, and after a very constructive two years, the CCA may find itself the object of an election-year washout...
Kennedy referred to complete, as opposed to nuclear, disarmament in vaguer but more rhetorical terms, demanding a "truce to terror" and saying that "together we shall save our planet--or together we shall perish in its flames." John N. Plank '45, assistant professor of Government and an expert on the United Nations, felt that "the propagandist line came through quite clearly there." But Plank added that Kennedy used the General Assembly "precisely as it should be used"--to persuade people rather than hammer out programs...
Both May and Plank, together with a third faculty member, Louis B. Sohn, professor of law, agreed that the General Assembly is a place to air one's country's views, and Kennedy did so in an emphatic manner...
...season's record (13 wins, twelve losses), Spahn allowed the Pittsburgh Pirates ten widely scattered hits, won his 301st victory to become the winningest pitcher alive. If Spahn's durable left arm lasts another season, he can conceivably break the record set 44 years ago by Eddie Plank, the only major league southpaw to win 325 games...